24 March 2009

Brady Rule and More

I can see why my wife gets so confused with the NFL. With all these rule changes year after year. It seems like it is getting a little ridiculous with the kind rule changes, all aimed to protect QB. Football started out as a mans game and it being turned into a pansy game. Here are the news approved rule changes for the upcoming season:

Defenders who are knocked to the ground no longer can lunge into quarterbacks if the play is still going on.(Brady Rule)

The initial force of a blindside block can't be delivered by a helmet, forearm or shoulder to an opponent's head or neck. An illegal blindside block will bring a 15-yard penalty.

Initial contact to the head of a defenseless receiver also will draw a 15-yard penalty.

On kickoffs, no blocking wedge of more than two players will be allowed.

Also on kickoffs, the kicking team can't have more than five players bunched together pursuing an onside kick.

The players take a risks EVERY TIME they step out onto the field. There is a reason they are getting paid millions of dollars a year. It is kind of funny with the Brady Rule. The fact the it was instated after NFL's Golden Boy get injured. Nothing happened when Carson Palmer was injured in the playoffs a couple of years back.

2 comments:

I'm not a fan of all the changes Goodell is making. Some of them seem pointless and makes me wonder if he's just abusing his power. by the way thanks for linking my site on yours, i have done the same on mine.